Programme

- ICT basic concepts: Algorithms and computation theory, Information encoding, Hardware, Software, Networks, communication and information technologies.
- Computer use: Operating systems, File system, Tools and Printing.
- Elementary python programming

Core Documentation

Informatica di Base. Mauro Mezzini, Apogeo Education, Maggioli Editore, seconda edizione 2020


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Reference Bibliography

Any textbook containing basic argument of Computer Science

Type of delivery of the course

There are traditional lectures and session of exercises in the "Piazza Telematica" laboratory

Attendance

Attendance is free and not mandatory, but strongly recommended.

Type of evaluation

The exam consist in set of 30 multiple choice questions to be completed in 40 minutes. The test is aimed at verifying the ability to understand the representation of information in computer science such as the binary positional representation, the representation of characters, the representation of images and sounds. To understand elements of the theory of computation, the computer hardware architecture, the Python language, computer networks, operating systems (OS). The written exam will test the ability to convert binary-decimal and decimal-binary. It enables them to use spreadsheets and manage and modify the data they contain.